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10 Review of current MCC cases in all three health care agencies identified at least one of the above problems in over 50% of MCC cases. in many cases more than one problem was identified. women faced with these identified problems are the population that re- quires more intensive services requiring additional MCC /CSC con- tacts which.include'MCCs /CSCs providing services that an mow could handle. In additional most of the needed services are not avail- able through existing programs. Not all women with one of the above problems will require more intensive services as they will respond to interventions offered through case management or are already linked to needed resources and services. However, of the 50% identified, through review of MCC cases, roughly half of those identified require intensive services, which is consistent with the experience of MCCs state wide. In order to accurately identify and refer women in need of Mow services; a guideline for MOW referrals will be established. MCCs w1 ?. identify problems during the initial psychosocial assessment and subsequent contacts with MCCs making MOW referrals in a timely manner after identification of a problem, but prior to 28 weeks gestation. The Mow referral must include at least one of the tar- geted problems and must specifically indicate that intensive ser- vices /follow up are needed. The established guidelines will serve more as a method to target and prioritize the most difficult cases but will allow some discretion based on specific situations. service plans developed by MCCs /CSCs and Mows will involve working closely with community agencies. service plans will integrate accessing specific resources and services provided in the community. In addition the use of volunteers will be incorporated as needed (such as having a recovering substance abuser meet with a pregnant substance abuser, utilizing other natural helpers, and utilizing peer counseling services available in the community). 6. DESCRIBE YOUR PLAN FOR INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER PROVIDER AGENCIES IN THIS PROJECT. The orange county Health Department (OCHD) has previous experience organizing advisory councils for our Family Planning Program and our "In the Know" Minority Aids Education Project which is a program using the lay advisor (Natural Helper) approach to reach minority teens. The program utilizes teen and adult Natural Helpers. As the coordinative agency for the Child service Coordination Program, the department is also an active participant in the local orange county Preschool Interagency Committee as well as the interagency consortium for P.L. 99 -457. we are also involved in several other interagency efforts. As a result there is already a strong interagency network in the County. Community involvement for this project would be obtained throuch the establishment of a Maternal and Infant outreach Project Advisory Group. The advisory group would be modeled after the above mentioned councils and draw from our established networks in 6